HomeBig pot at table 7 with Nguyen Van Sang cracking Chien Than’s aces. The hand opened with a raise by mp player Than to 11k, big blind Nguyen called. At the flop K♣ 3♦ 7♣, Than c-bet 17k, Nguyen check-called. On the turn 4♥, Than bet 25k, Nguyen check-raised to 87k, called by Than. The river A♣, Nguyen fired 126k, Than tank-called then showed A♦ A♠ set. Nguyen had better 5♣ 6♠ straight. Than dropped to 308k, Nguyen skyrocketed to 670k.
Catching the action only at the river betting, board was 10♠ J♣ 8♠ 2♣ K♦, the pot at 295k, Deepak Bothra shoved his 215k stack, big stacked Akshay Nasa tanked. After five minutes, a player called the clock, Nasa eventually folded. Bothra zoomed to over 500k. Nasa dipped to 460k. Average is 257k.
It was all in preflop with short stacked lady nicknamed HST all in with J♥ 10♥, Sajal Gupta had 9♣ 9♥. The board ran low to end her run and bring up Gupta’s stack to 195k.
Akshay Nasa and Hieu Ngo always seem to be up against each other. The latest bout was the end of it with Ngo falling hard. Action opened with cutoff Nasa raising to 8k, button Ngo three-bet to 25k, Nasa replied with a four-bet to 65k, Ngo jammed his stack of over 250k, and Nasa called. Ngo had Ace-Ten, Nasa pocket Kings, no help arrived for Ngo. Nasa shipped it and climbed to 720k.
End of the line for David Erquiaga who was all in with 10♣ 10♠. He was on flip against Nguyen Quang Minh with A♣ Q♣. The board favored the drawing hand as it ran A♥ 2♣ 2♦ Q♥ 7♠ for a higher two pair. Nguyen up to 220k.
Chien Than sent a player out of the running with 6♣ 7♥ straight on the turn board 8♣ 4♠ A♣ 5♥ denying a player’s A♦ 5♦ that missed on the river 4♣. Than now sits with 460k.
Four players faced a raised pot amounting to 110k and a flop 9♦ 4♣ 7♥. Utg+1 player Takayuki Koba shoved his 41.5k stack and only button player Shardul Parthasarathi called. Koba 2♠ 2♥ was way behind with Parthasarathi showing 9♣ 9♥ set. The turn J♣ sealed the win for Parthasarathi as Koba was drawing dead. The river 6♠ was of no consequence. Parthasarathi climbed to 530k.
On a board 6♥ 10♥ 4♠ A♠ and 80k in the middle, Akshay Nasa checked, Hieu Ngo bet 52k, cutoff folded, Nasa called. On the river Q♦, Nasa checked, Ngo shoved, Nasa quickly folded. Ngo scooped it up and now sits with 290k. Nasa down to 262k.
On a completed board 5♠ 7♠ A♦ 5♣ 6♥ and a pot of 180k, Quang Nguyen faced a shove by Lim Jong Hak. Nguyen opted to fold. Lim showed his Q♣ Q♠ and asked Nguyen if he had Ace-King, Nguyen wouldn’t say.